Timeline for key works for logging in via ssh, but scp gives permission denied
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| Apr 2, 2021 at 15:31 | comment | added | MXBuster | Thank you for the information. I understand now that the issue was that I wasn't including the key at all. I thought, similar to SSH, I wouldn't have to include the key when connecting hence my confusion on the matter. I appreciate your help with this! | |
| Apr 2, 2021 at 15:29 | vote | accept | MXBuster | ||
| Apr 2, 2021 at 3:16 | history | edited | Timmy Browne | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 2, 2021 at 2:55 | comment | added | Timmy Browne | I'll rewrite my answer above, it's too big for comments. | |
| Apr 2, 2021 at 1:03 | comment | added | MXBuster | I'm not sure what the file should be, I thought id_rsa.pub is the file location that is used? From the tutorial I was following it says it just copy that rsa.pub into the auth keys on the server. Is there a reason why the ssh-copy-id didn't work? From what you were saying without the -i is coping the key to the server(for future login) so wouldn't that be what I want instead of trying to use the key each time, or do I have to use the key each time? I would think it owuld automatically log in simliar to how SSH does it...? | |
| Apr 2, 2021 at 0:56 | comment | added | Timmy Browne | try scp -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub somefile [email protected]://tmp/ and if you can ssh with that key i would expect this to succeed (provided you replace somefile with an actual file to test with} and if not paste the error | |
| Apr 2, 2021 at 0:55 | comment | added | Timmy Browne | -i is the flag meaning 'use this identity. so scp -i ~/id_rsa.pub means 'scp using this key to login to the remote server' but scp ~/id_rsa.pub means 'scp this key file to the remote server' | |
| Apr 2, 2021 at 0:52 | comment | added | MXBuster | I was trying to connect the key to the server again just to see if there was an issue somehow with the key, but it doesn't seem to be the case, and the issue seems to be with scp.. I don't know.... What does the "-i" do? There seems to be a bunch of ways to get the key up there, but the ssh-copy-id seems to be the best at least for ssh.... Why scp isn't working is still the mystery! Thank you. | |
| Apr 2, 2021 at 0:48 | comment | added | Timmy Browne | ah okay. you need to specify the key: scp -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub FILENAME USER@SERVER:/home/USER/FILENAME. you're missing -i. i thought you were trying to copy it. | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 23:26 | comment | added | MXBuster | Thank you for your answer. Maybe I'm not clear, I'm having issues with using the same key to login to scp that I use for ssh, but I was attempting to do the extra steps just to make sure there wasn't issues... Maybe that was confusing to the post. Essentially, why am I having issues using my ssh key in scp? I can login fine with ssh, so why is scp giving me an issue? thank you. | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 23:23 | history | answered | Timmy Browne | CC BY-SA 4.0 |